Crambidae : Scopariinae
Eudonia delunella
EUDONIA delunella (Stainton, 1849)
Eudonia delunella
EUDONIA delunella (Stainton, 1849)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Pied Grey
Wingspan: 17 - 18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Balearic Isles,Canary Isles,Czech Rep.,Estonia,Finland,Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,N Aegean Isles,Sicily,Sweden & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Very locally scattered throughout England and Wales
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Heathland : Woodland : Gardens with Apple Trees
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The moth is a Nationally Scarce B moth found very locally on heathland and woodland throughout England and Wales.
It is an easily recognised moth with its contrasting black and white forewing with a prominent black blotch just inside the postmedain line at the costa.
Both median cross lines show clearly in white with a wavy antemdian line and dorsally castellated postmedian line. A faint white cross is visible near the apex with the terminal line being black and dotted.
The moth is attracted both to sugar and to light.
Wingspan: 17 - 18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Balearic Isles,Canary Isles,Czech Rep.,Estonia,Finland,Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,N Aegean Isles,Sicily,Sweden & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Very locally scattered throughout England and Wales
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Eudonia delunella (Stainton, 1849)
- Phalaena mercurella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Great Britain
Habitat: Heathland : Woodland : Gardens with Apple Trees
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The moth is a Nationally Scarce B moth found very locally on heathland and woodland throughout England and Wales.
It is an easily recognised moth with its contrasting black and white forewing with a prominent black blotch just inside the postmedain line at the costa.
Both median cross lines show clearly in white with a wavy antemdian line and dorsally castellated postmedian line. A faint white cross is visible near the apex with the terminal line being black and dotted.
The moth is attracted both to sugar and to light.
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Scopariinae EUDONIA Billberg, 1820 Eudonia delunella (Stainton, 1849) - Phalaena mercurella (Linnaeus, 1758) - EUDONIA delunella (Stainton, 1849) = Scoparia resinea Haworth 1811 = resinella auct - EUDONIA delunella (Stainton, 1849) = Dipleurina Chapman 1912 = Witlesia Chapman 1912 - Stainton, H. T. (1849): An attempt at a systematic catalogue of the British Tineidæ & Pterophoridæ : p.3 - n.8 Eudorea : London (John van Voorst). Leraut, 1981. Alexanor 12 (1) : 38 to Eudonia Leraut, 1984. Alexanor 13 (4) : 180 - Great Britain - E. d. amicula Leraut, 1981. E. d. orientalis Alphéraki, 1878 |